Bratz 2007

Critics score:
9 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Others who watch with more sense than adoration will likely be dumbfounded by the venal messages of pettiness and possession that the movie honors above all else. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: And I thought I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry was hypocritical. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This atrocious comedy doesn't have an idea in its head but still screams at the top of its lungs, taking pains to distinguish between its rich heroines and their even richer enemies (including Jon Voight). Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: This is why the terrorists hate us. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: If you ever wanted a movie to put in the time capsule so future generations can puzzle over the bankruptcy of our current kiddie culture, Bratz is it. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: O.M.G! This movie is SO BAD! Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Parents beware. Bratz will rot your child's mind, drain her soul and likely encourage early Botox dependency. Read more

Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: M&M-colored high school fantasia for aspirational 10- and 12-year-old girls who'll be shocked (or, hopefully, delighted) when they get to ninth grade and find out life isn't so super-Bratz-fabulous. Read more

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: If you let your daughter see this movie, set aside time to discuss the sea of mixed messages. Read more

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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The best that can be said about the big-screen Bratz is that they are not nearly as appalling as their toy-shelf twins. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: [An] excruciatingly inane high-school comedy inspired by a line of sexually suggestive dolls aimed at 9-year-old girls. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: For a formulaic comedy about shallow, shopping-obsessed teenagers, it's about twice as good as it has any right to be. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: The proud owners of Bratz dolls almost surely have had more imaginative fantasies about them than anything onscreen. Read more

Paige Wiser, Chicago Sun-Times: Frivolous, and ultimately forgettable? Of course. But if this movie is about high school tolerance, then superficial teenagers deserve our compassion, too. Read more

Tony Wong, Toronto Star: Bratz is a disappointment because the characters come off less as the girly superheroes they should be, and more as, well, brats. Read more

Anna Smith, Time Out: It's derivative stuff, and played very straight despite its comical aspirations: this is Mean Girls without the irony. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Time Out: With all apologies to Liza Minnelli, Bratz with a z simply goes zzzzz... Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: A silly movie that's essentially a series of cliches strung together into a semblance of a movie. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: For all its blather about 'letting your spirit soar,' it's really about furthering an MTV-defined version of cool, which means too many clothes, too little education and too much money. Read more

Jessica Grose, Village Voice: In the end, the most offensive part of Bratz isn't its stereotypes or brand expansion; it's the sorry state of Jon Voight's career. Read more

Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post: It's earnest, silly and sweet, with just enough food fights and musical numbers to keep everyone else from gagging on the goo. Read more